the recent past must be resolved at the domestic level. In this context, the Chilean State has taken a series of initiatives, such as creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (the “Comisión Rettig”), Law 19.123 on reparation for victims of human rights violations, the Dialogue Roundtable and the recently created Commission on Political Prisoners and Torture. The State stressed that it was not questioning the utility of participation by the international community in the handling of such situations, but that it was convinced that the Chilean people and their democratically elected bodies were the appropriate ones to attempt to heal the wounds left by the human rights violations that were committed during the military régime. 16. Consequently, Chile asked the Commission to declare this petition inadmissible, and also 13 other petitions to which it was responding at the same time, on the grounds that they relate to events that occurred before the deposit of the instrument of ratification and that had their origin prior to March 11, 1990. IV. A. ANALYSIS OF ADMISSIBILITY General considerations 17. Before examining the admissibility of the complaint, the Commission deems it necessary to clarify that the petitioners’ complaint in this case is not addressed to the summary execution of Hipólito Pedro Cortés Álvarez, nor to any possible violation of Article 4 of the American Convention. Nor does the complaint concern the criminal investigation of that summary execution. The petitioners question the refusal of the Chilean courts to grant compensation to Mrs. Morales, particularly after recognition, in the Rettig Report, of State responsibility for the case, and the compatibility of those decisions with the State's obligations under the American Convention. The Inter-American Court has already spoken of the normative value of the statement of recognition made by the Chilean State in a similar case. B. Competence of the Commission Ratione Materiae, Ratione Personae, Ratione Temporis, and Ratione Loci 18. The petitioner is entitled by Article 44 of the American Convention to present complaints before the Commission. The petition names as the alleged victims Alina María Barraza Codoceo, Eduardo Patricio, Marcia Alejandra, Patricia Auristela, Nora Isabel, and Hernán Alejandro Cortés Barraza, with respect to whom Chile is committed to respect and guarantee the rights enshrined in the American Convention. The